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<br />'~. <br />~, <br /> <br />UNIVERSAL FOREST PRODUCTS@ <br /> <br />CEILING PARTITION SEPARATION <br />TECHNICAL BULLETIN <br /> <br />The below details shows how to attach interior nonbearing partitions <br />to wood trusses, providing some stability to the wall, yet permitting <br />the truss to move vertically allowing slight movement, with a <br />minimum of cracks at the ceiling/wall joint. <br /> <br />TRUSS PARALLEL <br />TO NON-LOAD BEARING WALL <br /> <br />TRUSS PERPENDICULAR <br />TO NON-LOAD BEARING WALL <br /> <br />DO NOT NAIL CAP BLOCKING <br />LET BLOCKING MOVE WITH THE <br />TRUS~ BOTTOM CHOR\THETRUSS <br /> <br />SLOTTED <br />ANCHOR <br /> <br /> <br />"'" <br /> <br />TRUSS BOTTOM NAIL IN <br />CHORD ~ CENTER <br /> <br /> <br />18" I~ROW <br />. OF NAILS <br />PARTITION <br />DRYWALL <br /> <br />TRUSS <br /> <br />18" OR MORE <br /> <br />I"'" <br />" DO NOT NAIL <br />. lESS THAN 18 .. DRYWALL TO TRUSS <br />PARTITION <br />DRYWALL <br /> <br />Universal Forest Product~ will not be responsible for the phenomenon known <br />as "Ceiling-Partition Separation'~ While its exact cquse is still being studiecl, <br />the condition is known to be related to seasonal changes of temperature <br />and moisture content differentials in the ceiling joists and rahers brought <br />about by burying the ceiling joists in insulation. <br /> <br />PLEASE POST SO SHEET ROCK HANGER WILL SEE THIS <br />OR GIVE TO CONTRACTOR. <br /> <br />Slotted Anchors are available from Universal Forest Products@. <br />